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Aleksandr

Chernikov

DMRussia · FC Krasnodar

№ 432112Established €5.3M +0.41

Player dossierPremier Liga

AleksandrChernikov

DMDefensive MidfieldMidfield

Club
FC Krasnodar
League
Premier Liga
Nationality
Russia
Age
26
Height
184 cm
Foot
Right
Valued
26 May 2026

Reading the valuation

The market values Chernikov at €8M. Model A, which never saw Chernikov during training, estimates €5.3M: the market value is 50% above that estimate.

That is a factor of ×1.50. Model A's typical held-out miss is ×1.50 either way, so this gap is larger than its usual error.

Without league and club, Model B estimates €3M, further from the market. Model B is usually further off (typical miss ×2.07): league and club explain much of how the market prices players.

A gap describes the model's arithmetic for this player's inputs, not what the player is worth.

▲ +0.41A €5.3M▲ +0.98B €3M
Pitch length is a log value scale fitted to this player's figures. ● observed · ◇ Model A · dashed ◇ Model B · each arc is a residual, log(observed) − log(estimate).
Apps
65
Minutes
4,301
Goals
3
Assists
4
Started
53/65
Min / app
66
Cards
18Y 0R

Club matches, two years to the valuation date

The Valuation Journey

What moves Model A

Asking the prediction API to explain Model A for Chernikov…

SHAP describes the model's arithmetic for this player's inputs, not what causes market value. Model B can be explained only by the live service; Model A also has a published explanation for the research players.

Model A vs Model B against the observed €8M

Checking API
EmergingEstablishedEliteWorld Class€2M€10M€30M€100k€1M€100MMarket €8MModel A €5.3M

Asking the prediction API…

Held-out estimates come from cross-validation, with this player outside the training data: the honest comparison. Served models were refitted on every player, this one included, so they sit closer to the market. Shaded band: Model A's typical miss (×1.50 either way).

Player traitspercentiles vs 1,687 midfielders

Aleksandr Chernikov's percentiles among midfielders: Goals per 90 40th, Assists per 90 46th, Minutes, two years 78th, Starts 73rd, Minutes, last 365 days 65th, European club minutes 30th40thGoals46thAssists78thMinutes73rdStarts65thRecent30thEurope

Dashed ring: the midfielder median (50th percentile)

Minutes, two years

Total club minutes in the two-year window: how much the player was used.

4,301 this player2,607 midfielder median78th percentile

451peer deciles · median line · this player ●9,624

No passing, progression or defensive actions exist in the dataset, so no trait claims to measure them.

Valuation history every Transfermarkt valuation on record

First valuation
€100k
Jul 2016
Peak
€9M
Sept 2025
Model target
€8M
May 2026
Valuations
25
3 club changes
May 2026€8MFC KrasnodarValuation the model is trained to reproduce

May 2026: €8M, FC Krasnodar. Dotted lines mark the €2M, €10M and €30M tier boundaries.

Show as a table
DateMarket valueClub
2016-07-01€100kUnknown
2016-12-02€100kFC Krasnodar II
2017-06-01€100kFC Krasnodar II
2018-06-06€150kFC Krasnodar II
2018-12-20€200kFC Krasnodar 2
2019-06-14€300kFC Krasnodar 2
2019-12-23€400kFC Krasnodar 2
2020-03-30€500kFC Krasnodar 2
2020-04-08€450kFC Krasnodar 2
2020-07-29€600kFC Krasnodar 2
2020-12-29€600kFC Krasnodar 2
2021-05-24€500kFC Krasnodar 2
2021-09-15€1MFC Krasnodar
2021-12-29€2.5MFC Krasnodar
2022-06-02€2.5MFC Krasnodar
2022-11-21€2.5MFC Krasnodar
2023-06-14€2.5MFC Krasnodar
2023-10-05€4MFC Krasnodar
2023-12-13€5MFC Krasnodar
2024-06-04€5MFC Krasnodar
2024-12-12€6MFC Krasnodar
2025-06-04€8MFC Krasnodar
2025-09-18€9MFC Krasnodar
2025-12-16€9MFC Krasnodar
2026-05-26€8MFC Krasnodar

Audit context group-level, not about this player

Audit group
UEFA
Population gap, Model A
+0.093 95% CI +0.063 to +0.124
This player, market vs held-out A
+0.407

The group comes from first-listed citizenship and is never a model input. Across the population, non-UEFA players' market values sit about 10% above Model A's held-out estimates, relative to UEFA players in the same leagues. One player's residual says nothing about that pattern (typical miss ×1.50), and none of it is evidence of discrimination: the target may itself be biased. Open the Fairness Audit

In context observed value among comparable players in this build

All players in the Terminal →

Premier Liga412 players · median €1M

Valued above 93% of the 412 Premier Liga players.

€50k€300k€2M€15M€8MSee them in the Explorer →

Midfielders, all leagues1,687 players · median €2M

Valued above 74% of the 1,687 midfielders.

€20k€200k€2M€20M€8MSee them in the Explorer →

Where Chernikov appears

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Near this valuation closest observed values: same league, then same position

Counts and ranks of observed Transfermarkt values only; model errors are never ranked here. Full player export: Every player in the modelling population (D-011).